Remember to get your Literature Circles finished up, we will have about an hour to work on them tomorrow, but they are due at the end of the day! 110 marks, it's a colossal assignment so make sure you don't forget any of your nine jobs or the four grey pages.
May 22nd, 2011
Please check out the math page. Feel free to play the game posted last week, the last posed of the three. Also there will be videos posted up that you should watch. See you on Tuesday!
May 16th, 2011
Math pg 228 # 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 Literature Circles you should have read and have your jobs done up until your eighth share meeting. If you are not there you need to be for Wednesday. Bannock tomorrow. The first person to remind me of this gets a point for their pod! OH and watch the weather.
May 13th, 2011
Please email me if you use this website, or write a note in your agenda or your child's agenda. I just want to know if this is worth the many hours I put into this every week or not. If you use it I have no problem with it but if not then I may stop using this website. If you have any suggestions to make this site more helpful please send me an email or a note and I will try an make any improvements that I can. Thanks for your input!
Book orders will be accepted on Monday but I am placing the order right after school. In Math we have started and new unit on Geometry. Go to the math page and find a few links to check out if you want some more help or practice. If you have fallen behind in your literature circles please catch up for Monday, you should be on your sixth sharing and working on your seventh job.
May 10th, 2011
Spelling due on Friday and Test Scholastic book orders due on Friday, please play with cheques only No school tomorrow
May 6th, 2011
Math page 202#1-5, 7ab, 8ab Intensive French forms are due no later than Monday next week Scholastic Book Orders, cheque only Due Friday Booster Juice forms and money due Tuesday
Any information regarding teachers and any actions they may take in the future cannon be discussed in class any information that you need to know will be released to the media 48 hours before it happen s and you will get a note sent home from the school ASAP
May the (m)(a) be with you
Great Job on Heritage Fair. I am so proud of the work that you have done! I am so happy, in fact that I am giving you the day off tomorrow. Just Kidding I can't do that but there really is no school tomorrow.
May 3rd,2011
Thank you to you all for being so good at eh author/illustrators talk today. I hope that on Friday we can start working on some of those drawing techniques. Math page 202# 1-4 are due tomorrow
HERITAGE FAIR TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!! Check out the marking rubric below on April 27th it is posted.
May 2nd, 2011
ELECTION DAY!!!!!!! Thank you for voting, tomorrow we will have the opportunity to compare how students voted across Canada to how the adults voted.
Please make sure that you finish colouring your "House of Commons" page of the 40th federal parliament. We will look at today's results and compare with 2008's results. [[#mce_temp_url#|Click here to see the picture ]]
Remember to bring in your Intensive French forms, due May 6th
Heritage Fair is Wednesday be ready to present. Bring EVERYTHING that you need to do that.
April 27th, 2011
Heritage Fair Presentation marking rubric is the student able to clearly express and explain why the person they chose is a perfect example of what a Canadian hero is? 40 Is the student able to answer questions asked by the judge, in order to show that they have an understanding of their Canadian hero? 35 Is the display neat, and the information is creatively presented? 15 Is the printed material have proper spelling, grammar, and follow conventions of the English language? 10
Heritage Fair Biographical Information
Is there information about their early childhood, adulthood and the part of their life which makes them a hero? 20 Is the information written in the student's own words. 35 Is the information presented in a way that is interesting and engaging? 35 Is the printed material have proper spelling, grammar, and follow conventions of the English language? 10
Please remember that you do not have to make a report like you did in grade four, but you will have to have some printed material displayed on your board.
April 18, 2011
Math pg 192 #2-6, 8, 11 Watch T.V. political commercials
April 15th, 2011
We have no homework for this weekend. Enjoy the weekend!
April 13th, 2001
Today we have three things for homework two of which are due first thing tomorrow morning
Math there was a list of practice problems written on the board, you are to have all of them completed. See the Math page if you need some help remembering how to do them
Creative writing, we wrote those one page narratives of what you did on the weekend, you were to include strong verbs, descriptive nouns and adjectives and most importantly sensory passages. That means that all five of your senses (touch, sight, taste, smell and hearing) needed to be included. Remember please do not write: I saw the green glass. Then I sat on the soft grass. I heard the grass crunch as I sat on it. Then I smelt the grass. Oh yeah, then I tasted the grass. That is NOT GOOD descriptive writing, I know you can all do much better than that.
Spelling is also due on Friday. Please remember to write out each word ten times, unless you earned five extra times due to inappropriate behaviour during class.
April 11th, 2011
We have spelling lesson and test on Friday Boy's volleyball tournament on Wednesday at Holy Cross, Mr. Dorval thinks you may just walk if the weather is cooperative.
Wear PINK on Wednesday! It is to show your support for anti - bullying. When you wear pink it means that you will not bully, and you will stop others from bullying if you can.
April 5th, 2011
Math page 185 #2, 3, 4, 5, should be done for tomorrow. You will have half of tomorrow's class time to work on questions 6, 7, 11, 12 which will be due on Thursday. Social, you have to read an electoral story from the website linked on the social page of our wiki and write out a three sentences of summary, due tomorrow.
Remember that your commercials are due, we will be finishing them up on Thursday. Please be ready to present.
April 4th, 2011
The green math sheet that we got today in due tomorrow morning. You are expected to go the Global National web page, found on the Social page on this wiki, read a story and write a three sentence summary about it for Wednesday.
March 31, 2011
If you want to rewrite your math quiz the rewrite is tomorrow at Lunch. You are expected to know how to do long division. Make sure you know the steps. If you did not show the class your commercial yesterday or today you will be expected to do so tomorrow.
Please remember to hand in your weekly reflections and report card envelopes.
March 28 Match quiz: if you want to work on it more tomorrow there will be time before school and at lunch We will review and have a quiz on FORCES IN THE WORLD in science. The Prezi is on the Science page so you can look at that and review Commercials for Social/ELA are due, ready to be presented tomorrow!!!!!
Milk order forms are due on Thursday you will start to get your milk on April 1st. This Friday, no sooner!
March 25th, 2011 Please remember to bring your Report Card envelopes back to school so that we can reuses them for your next report cards. Please remember to bring your milk order forms, hot dog lunch forms in on Monday.
We will be having a Math quiz on fractions on Tuesday or Wednesday If you were able to get through that purple booklet you will be well prepared for the quiz. We will also have a quiz on Forces in science on Tuesday I have put that presentation Smartboard Prezi on the science page so that you can reread and watch the videos again.
Please remember that it is EARTH HOUR ON SATURDAY!!
One last POI (Point Of Interest) Jayden Reilly and I got to talking after school today about space and I showed them this cool website where you can look at pictures and watch videos about space. IT's really neat and there is lots to learn. The three of us spent about 20 minutes going through it and had a great time so I am going to put a link for it uop on this site right below. It's the Hubble Telescope Website. Super Cool, . Check it out! :) Hubble Telescope
Have a great weekend. See you all on Monday!
March 24th, 2011
Remember to bring in your milk orders, and reportcard envelopes.
Math, the purple booklet is due tomorrow. Watch a documentary for tomorrow.
March 23rd, 2011
Wow I haven't had to write something here for a long time! Well I hoped that you enjoyed your long weekend, I know I did. Please make sure that you return your reportcard envelopes so that we can reuse them, we could in turn use that as one of our green projects. Please fill out and return those milk order forms if you are wanting milk as soon as possible.
Math: please finish up that first page of the handout that we worked on in class today. All it is is finding equivalent fractions, so make your arrows and you'll do fine!
March 14, 2011
Happy Pi Day! Also a very happy 132 birthday to Albert Einstein who was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879.
Remember to bring your envelops from your report cards back to school so we can recycle them. We have a math quiz tomorrow on equivalent fraction and ordering fractions. No Library tomorrow as we have book fair. Congratulations to the Girls volleyball team. Good serving!
March 11, 2011
There are going to be math questions on the Math page around 6:00 -6:15 ish please work on these over the weekend. We will go over these on Monday and have a quiz on Tuesday on Equvalent fractions and ordering fractions. Report cards come out on Monday! Girls Volleyball has a game on Monday after school so come and cheer them on. You can also work on your commercials for ELA/Social over the weekend. I would like to work on them on Monday for 30 minutes, Tuesday for 30 minutes Wednesday for 30 minutes and then "preform" them on Thursday and Friday.
That's All Folks ~ Porky Pig
Mar 10th, 2011
Congratulations to the boys grade five team who won both of their games today! We have our Spelling test and assignment tomorrow, as well as each word has to be written out 9 times each. There is Subway lunch tomorrow so if you ordered please don't bring lunch. Sobey's gift certificate fundraiser, please remember to try and sell as many as possible. See you tomorrow! :)
March 9th, 2011
Ash Wednesday - it is the beginning of Lent. Today we have ashes placed on our forehead to remind us that we are not perfect and that we sin, but also to remind us of our loving God who forgives our sins and gave us Jesus to die on a cross so that we can have ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN! Jesus didn't have to die like that in pain when his friends abandoned Him and others make fun of and tortured Him, but He did because Jesus has that much faith in God's plan and in us! That is how much Jesus loves us, and we were not even born yet.
We received a card with a little prayer/reflection on it. I hope that you all remember to use it each day to think about what Lent is all about. I'll be praying for you all!
Remember to do your Sobey's fundraiser and sell those gift cards. We are having our Subway lunch on Friday so parents if you want your child to have a snack please pack one. Report Cards are to be handed out next Monday!
March 7th, 2011
The only think is that we have Library tomorrow so remember to bring in your reading logs, and awe have a spelling lesson and test on Friday.
March 6th, 2011 I thought of this as I was marking your Writing Assessments about the Environment. Hope it gives you something to think about.
March 4th, 2011
Math pages 168 # 1-4, 6-10 due on Monday Science Glog due Monday, You are not going to be given any more class time to work on this. If you can't log on please call me and I will fix it.
Have a great weekend, enjoy the nicer weather.
Mar 3rd, 2011
Please get your parent teacher interview forms filled out and handed back to the office as soon as possible! Spelling is due on Friday Please get your subway forms filled out and handed.
Mar 2nd, 2011
Please get your parent teacher interview forms filled out and handed back to the office as soon as possible! Spelling is due on Friday Please get your subway forms filled out and handed. Make sure that your username and pass word works for glogster. Email me if it doesn't and I'll try and fix it before class tomorrow. Thanks:)
Mar 1st, 2011
There is a spelling lesson and test on Friday due. Please see the spelling page for the assignment. The Saskatchewan fish Prezi is on the art page for those of you who took it home to work on. Here is the link to glogster If you check out the science page it has the assignment posted that we started today on glogster.
Also, here is a video that I was going to show you in class but I couldn't find it. Here it is: Cicada the 17 year old bug
Feb 28th, 2011
Hope that the afternoon went well. Just a reminder that we are having a math quiz tomorrow. The questions will be exactly the same as last Thursday just different numbers. If you have questions please call me or email. I'll check my email every hour on the hour.
See you tomorrow! :)
Feb 21st, 2011
I have put up the extra math problems if you would like to work on them, the answers will be up tomorrow so you can check your work. If you do a question, and once you have checked your answer, are unsure of how I got mine please email or text me your concerns.
Thanks! Enjoy your break :)
Feb 18th, 2011
Enjoy your break! Remember that if you want to practice your math I can give you extra practice problems and the answers will be posted later on, by Tuesday. I'll put them on the Math page so please make sure to check that. Other than that have a great week off! Email if you need anything. I won't be answering phone calls but you can text me.
Feb 16th, 2011 Math Quiz tomorrow
Café servers need to wear black and white for our final day of the Café. Thank you to all of you who came to our Café and helped support our grade five and six classes. A giant round of applause to Mme. McDougal for all the work she did for Café. It was a huge success!
Scholastic Book order due tomorrow. Please Remember Cheques only.
Feb 15th, 2011
We are going to work on Math again tomorrow on the review for the first fifteen minutes of class, so if you have any questions that we need to work on together we have the opportunity There will be a homework check done on the questions after lunch. At that time we will then go over all the answers so that everyone can be ready for the six question quiz on Thursday.
Those students who are working at Café please remember t to wear black and white. We want to look our best for our guests.
Scholastic orders are due, CHEQUES only please, on Thursday.
Writing Assessments are going well. I am quite happy with the work you have been putting in. Some of you are done your rough drafts and have started the revision process. For those of you still working on your rough copy do not worry we have tomorrow to still work on the rough draft, Thursday to edit and Friday to carefully write out our good copies. If you think that you will need more time than the hour a day given to you, that is fine, you just have to make sure to make arrangements with me to come early or stay in at recess or lunch to finish up.
One last thing: we have a new addition to our class starting tomorrow!!! Make sure to give a kind and warm welcome to her and to tell her about the TG5.
See you tomorrow! :)
Feb 14th, 2011
Happy Valentines Day!!! Thanks to everyone who brought goodies to share in class. They were graciously received.
We are going to work on Math again tomorrow on the review. Wednesday we will go over all the answers, then on Thursday we will do a quick six questions as a quiz on multiplication and division. You will have to multiply using an array and divide by creating a rectangle and using long division for at least one question, maybe more.
Cafe starts tomorrow and goes through until Thursday. Please remember that if you are serving to wear black and white. (We want to look nice for our guests.)
Scholastic orders are due, CHEQUES only please, on Thursday. (One day of grace.)
Feb 11, 2011 We will be going over the math assignment on Monday and then starting the review on Tuesday for a 6 question review of division. You will be expected to do at least two questions with LONG DIVISION so practice that and make sure you ask for help if you need it. You will also have to be able to create a rectangle and solve for the base ans width, as a method to find the multiples of a number. Other than that, enjoy your weekend! :)
Feb 10th, 2011 Math homework see the math page!
Feb 9th, 2011
There is math homework for tomorrow please check out the math page or an example and the questions. Next week we will be working on a writing assignment which is quite important so please make sure that you are in class if possible. If you do miss we will have some time to work on it. Every student is required to do this so it is very important that you are here and that you complete it on time. Thanks for your understanding.
Jan 31st, 2011
Today we have math homework, check out the math page. Library is tomorrow so remember to bring in your reading race log books. We also are preforming our airbands on Wednesday and Friday. Skiing is Thursday! URE competition is pose-phoned until we can have all competitors present, so its fair.
Jan 30th
I was listening to some internet radio and this song came on. I have to share it with you as it is great! Here are the lyrics and the video is below them:
Hey Steve! Hey Ed, that sounds nice, what is it? Thank you, it’s an alphabet song I’m working on Oh great, a whole new alphabet, I just learned the old one.
A is for aisle B is for bdelliums C is for czar And if you see him, would you mind telling him-
Okay, hang on a second, yeah aisle? Yeah, aisle like a, like a theatre. Alright, okay, and bdelliums? Bdelliums, it’s a gum like tree resin, it starts with a silent B And then czar? Yeah, it’s uh- like a Russian czar. You know, everyone knows apple ball and cat, I wanted to get into some you know, some stranger words. Right, I see what you’re doing.
D is for djinn E for Euphrates F is for fohn, but not like when I call the ladies
I thought phone started with a “p”...like a “ph” No its f-o-h-n, it’s a kind of wind Yeah, I know what you mean by wind
G for Gnarly, I for irk H is for hour J for jalapeños Good in either corn or flour (tortillas…) Nice rhyme K is for knick-knack L is for llama
Pramma, llama, ding - what’s so strange about llama? Llama, its starts with two L’s What’s the second one for? No idea. I know, loser.
N for neumonic M is for mdomo O is for ouija board P for pneumonia pterodactyl and psychosis Q is for qat
Okay, Q - qat? What? Yeah it’s uh...q-a-t, It’s an evergreen shrub It’s a perfect scrabble word because it’s a q with no u, There’s not many of those You have too much time on your hands.
R is for R-gyle No, it isn’t
Okay, you’re right; I couldn’t find a good “r” word
S is for Saar, a lovely German river T for tsunami, a wave that makes me quiver U is for urn, but not like earning money V for vraisemblance from French, And therefore kind of funny W for wren, wrinkly, and who. X is for Xian, an ancient Chinese city, true!
Ancient Chinese city, huh? My guitar player, some hotshot.
Y is for yperite, a very nasty gas. And zed’s the final letter And by final, I mean last.
Okay, when you say zed, For the benefit of our American friends You really mean Z, right? No I mean Zed, like, like Zed Zed Top. Zed Zed Top? Yeah, you know the guys with the big long beards Well, except the guy whose name is Beard, he has a mustache I always thought that was interesting You done with the alphabet? No extra letters I haven’t heard of? I think so. Well this was a great help, I think, you know, the contribution you made to world literacy Well, I’m just saying, kids I’m just saying Think outside the box a little bit Box with an “r” Yeah, well, no, box with a b-a-l-k-s, like a pitcher. Ahh, as opposed to b-a-c-h-s, Right, think outside the “balks”
We preform our Airbands on Wednesday and Friday. So make sure you know your parts and please start bringing your costume stuff on Monday.
Thursday we go skiing!!!!!!!!!
Jan 26th, 2011
Today in math we found factors of numbers by creating rectangles. The homework is on the math page. We have our spelling lesson and test on Friday, please see the spelling page. Religion rough copy is due on Friday so if you didn't use the two hours of class time wisely then you have some homework.
Jan 24th, 2011
Today for homework we just have the Spelling lesson which can be found on the Spelling page.
Make Sure to bring in your KFC order forms TOMORROW MORNING!!!!!
We have Library tomorrow as well, so bring in your reading race pink booklets.
Jan 21st, 2011
Today in math we expanded on the Break it Down multiplication method. There were four questions that you had to do they are on the Math page, as well as an example and the steps. Remember that the steps need to written down on your practice problems page. If you were one of the people that was having some difficulty my suggestion is that you write out the steps for every question and then you check them off as you complete each step.
You also have to have your parents' help you to revise and edit your Fireworks story. The focus is to be on creating a strong voice, which means that you can transport the reader to the place and time that you are talking about. One of the best ways to do this is to make an emotional connection to your readers. If you can do that you'll have them right where you want them, and they'll be hooked on your story!
Congratulations to Carrington who won by a landslide the Long A competition.
Congratulations to Tyler who won the noun competition with the word sole. Congratulations to Rebeca who won the verb competition with the word strut. Congratulations to Carrington who won the adjective competition with the word affordable.
Next week we will have a new Theme and be able to declare new weekly winners!
Have a great weekend :) Jan 20th, 2011
There is no homework for today other than the spelling test is tomorrow. We will also be announcing the winner of the Long A and “Shoe” competition.
Remember if you didn’t pick out a book that has a strong voice in it that you are going to hand in please do that for tomorrow. I’m taking them in for the marks.
SKIING FORMS ARE DUE TOMORROW!!!!!!!!
Jan 18th, 2011
Today we learned a new method for the multiplication of two digit numbers. Please see the Math page on the website for the practice problems and an example of what to do.
We also have the Creative Writing handout for homework. Lesson 11
Social homework if you didn’t get your Inuit games hand out done the website is on the Social page, or if you didn't get your map coloured there is a link to the map that I had up on the whiteboard in the computer lab. It's a word document if you click on it, it will download onto your computer and you can open it and finish colouring your map.
Jan 18th, 2011
Today for homework:
Just a reminder that we have a science quiz on Thursday
The spelling lesson and test are on Friday
Please bring back your health note and ski form signed
I'm still waiting for Long A words
Shoe Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs
Jan 17th, 2011
I will be at school early on Tuesday if anyone wants to come for help or clean their desks! Hint hint.
Here is the homework for today:
In Science we will be having a little quiz on Thursday. The material will include the Circulation, Respiration and Muscular Systems, 20% on Circulation 20% on Respiration and 60% on the Muscular System. We created a study guide in today’s class. It is suggested that they should read through and then explain that material to someone else in order to study. Thank you for helping your children with this.
Spelling lesson please see the spelling page.
Remember your ski forms
Remember your health letter that your parents have signed, if you have any concerns or questions please feel free to send me an email or give me a call 981-5546. We will be starting the “Created Male and Female” Unit at the begging of February.
We are going to have a weekly competition for the best noun, verb, adjective and adverb that describes a particular theme for the week. This week our “Theme” is shoes if you wonder why your child should be able to tell you the reason if they were paying attention in class. You ARE able to help them with this please show them how to use a thesaurus or you can help them understand the connotation of a word or phrase. Thanks for your help in advance.
Jan 13th, 2011
Dear grade fives I have decided to organize this website a bit so what I have done is made separate pages for each subject area. You will find the other pages on the left hand side of the screen. Where it says: Home Math Science Social Spelling
I will tell you and we will put it in your agendas what pages you will need to check. General cool and neat videos that I show in class will be here on the main page or just any general announcements. Spelling has it's own page and I will be posting all the words and the assignment each week on the spelling page, just so you know. I hope that this helps. I will also start posting homework assignments on the main page, especially major assignments so that you and your parents will have the information.
Thank you for such a great week. I really feel blessed to be back at school!
Jan 5th, 2011
Dec 24th, 2010 Happy Holidays and a very Merry Christmas to all of you!! I hope that your Christmas vacation will be thoroughly enjoyed by you and your families. I just wanted to wish you all a happy and joy filled Christmas celebration and to tell you that I am so excited to see you all in the new year.
Enjoy this little video!
PS: this is my favorite Christmas song.
Dec 16th, 2010 Brandi will not be coming this following week, for those of you that are taking advantage of her help. She will be back in the new year. I'll make sure that you all know when she is coming for sure.
Some of you have asked me to put this on this web page so that you can show your parents. It's not exactly the same as the one that we heard in class but it's the same group and most of the songs are the same. http://www.sncmusic.com/?intcmp=sncsitelink_adventcal Enjoy!
Dec 11, 2010 I also have posted that video I showed in class about spending money at Christmas and helping those who do not have clean drinking water. It is below, please show your parents.
November 4th, 2010 No one showed up for Brandi today she came and had no students to help with in math.... What a shame. She will be coming every Tuesday after school around 3:45 to help for an hour or so anyone who wants help in any subject that you want. Please take this opportunity.
November 4th, 2010 Brandi is a grade 12 student at St. Mary. She is looking to do some practicum for her Christian Ethics class and is coming to help tutor you all after school once e a week on Tuesdays right after school. So if you want to come please tell your parents so that they can arrange for a ride home.
November 1st, 2010 I trust that you all had a wonderful Halloween and did no tricks but just treating! Just a reminder that you are not supposed to bring candy or chips as a snack for school. Snacks MUST BE HEALTHY!!!!! You can however bring little chocolate bars or rocket a bag of chips for your dessert for lunch though.
You must check out this video if you missed it in class, it is SO COOL and AMAZING!!! Show your parents.
Remember to bring a photo of someone that has died that was close to you to class for the month of November Now for the serious stuff
Math help Tuesday and Wednesday morning, this week, at 8:30, for anyone who wants to come or if you got 1 or 2 on your purple math handout sheet!
Religion assignment:
You have chosen a saint from the list already so now all you need to do is use your time wisely when we have the computers and do some researchon your saint. Google, Wikipedia, New Advent, Catholic Online are good places to start, or end up on, though New Advent is quite hard to read. So look up your saintand find out the following things: 1. When and Where they lived 2. What they did in their life (what job they had, if their family was important who were they, what did they do to become a saint, and an interesting fact about them, just enough information so we know who they are) 3. Why they became the patron saint of whatever they are the patron saint of The material will be presented in the form of an information pamphlet, poster, or an infomercial trying to sell a vacation to where your saint lived and did his/her work, or some other creative form, which must be pre-approved by Ms. Toupin.
You will have to explain your pamphlet or poster to the class and after your brief presentation answer questions from the class.
How you will be marked: Did you cover the required material? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Was your presentation interesting and creative? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Was the written material clean and neat, with no spelling or grammatical errors? 0 1 2 3 4 5
Could you answer questions from the students, within reason? 0 1 2
Did you use your class time effectively and efficiently? 0 1 2 3 4
October 26th, 2010
I have received some emails that the links to the test answers aren't up and I am trying my best to remedy the problem but so far I have not been able to do so. If you have any questions about the marking or how I got any of the answers just ask me. Or you can come in at 8:15 am on a Tuesday or Thursday morning, recess or lunch!
This is from Arts Ed Class. Show your parents I am sure they'll enjoy it too!
October 20th, 2010 Dear Grade Fives I have changed this website's name to: www. toupin5. wikispaces. com please change this in your internet bookmarks or favorites. Thanks so much. Looking forward to your worm stories.
Grade Fives, Welcome!
My Email: ttoupin@cec.pacsd6.sk.ca
May 23rd, 2011
Remember to get your Literature Circles finished up, we will have about an hour to work on them tomorrow, but they are due at the end of the day! 110 marks, it's a colossal assignment so make sure you don't forget any of your nine jobs or the four grey pages.
May 22nd, 2011
Please check out the math page. Feel free to play the game posted last week, the last posed of the three. Also there will be videos posted up that you should watch.
See you on Tuesday!
May 16th, 2011
Math pg 228 # 2, 4, 5, 6, 9
Literature Circles you should have read and have your jobs done up until your eighth share meeting. If you are not there you need to be for Wednesday.
Bannock tomorrow. The first person to remind me of this gets a point for their pod!
OH and watch the weather.
May 13th, 2011
Please email me if you use this website, or write a note in your agenda or your child's agenda. I just want to know if this is worth the many hours I put into this every week or not. If you use it I have no problem with it but if not then I may stop using this website. If you have any suggestions to make this site more helpful please send me an email or a note and I will try an make any improvements that I can. Thanks for your input!
Book orders will be accepted on Monday but I am placing the order right after school.
In Math we have started and new unit on Geometry. Go to the math page and find a few links to check out if you want some more help or practice.
If you have fallen behind in your literature circles please catch up for Monday, you should be on your sixth sharing and working on your seventh job.
May 10th, 2011
Spelling due on Friday and Test
Scholastic book orders due on Friday, please play with cheques only
No school tomorrow
May 6th, 2011
Math page 202#1-5, 7ab, 8ab
Intensive French forms are due no later than Monday next week
Scholastic Book Orders, cheque only Due Friday
Booster Juice forms and money due Tuesday
Any information regarding teachers and any actions they may take in the future cannon be discussed in class any information that you need to know will be released to the media 48 hours before it happen s and you will get a note sent home from the school ASAP
May the (m)(a) be with you
Great Job on Heritage Fair. I am so proud of the work that you have done! I am so happy, in fact that I am giving you the day off tomorrow.
Just Kidding I can't do that but there really is no school tomorrow.
May 3rd,2011
Thank you to you all for being so good at eh author/illustrators talk today. I hope that on Friday we can start working on some of those drawing techniques.
Math page 202# 1-4 are due tomorrow
HERITAGE FAIR TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!
Check out the marking rubric below on April 27th it is posted.
May 2nd, 2011
ELECTION DAY!!!!!!!
Thank you for voting, tomorrow we will have the opportunity to compare how students voted across Canada to how the adults voted.
Please make sure that you finish colouring your "House of Commons" page of the 40th federal parliament. We will look at today's results and compare with 2008's results.
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Remember to bring in your Intensive French forms, due May 6th
Heritage Fair is Wednesday be ready to present. Bring EVERYTHING that you need to do that.
April 27th, 2011
Heritage Fair Presentation marking rubric
is the student able to clearly express and explain why the person they chose is a perfect example of what a Canadian hero is? 40
Is the student able to answer questions asked by the judge, in order to show that they have an understanding of their Canadian hero? 35
Is the display neat, and the information is creatively presented? 15
Is the printed material have proper spelling, grammar, and follow conventions of the English language? 10
Heritage Fair Biographical Information
Is there information about their early childhood, adulthood and the part of their life which makes them a hero? 20
Is the information written in the student's own words. 35
Is the information presented in a way that is interesting and engaging? 35
Is the printed material have proper spelling, grammar, and follow conventions of the English language? 10
Please remember that you do not have to make a report like you did in grade four, but you will have to have some printed material displayed on your board.
April 18, 2011
Math pg 192 #2-6, 8, 11
Watch T.V. political commercials
April 15th, 2011
We have no homework for this weekend. Enjoy the weekend!
April 13th, 2001
Today we have three things for homework two of which are due first thing tomorrow morning
Math there was a list of practice problems written on the board, you are to have all of them completed. See the Math page if you need some help remembering how to do them
Creative writing, we wrote those one page narratives of what you did on the weekend, you were to include strong verbs, descriptive nouns and adjectives and most importantly sensory passages. That means that all five of your senses (touch, sight, taste, smell and hearing) needed to be included.
Remember please do not write: I saw the green glass. Then I sat on the soft grass. I heard the grass crunch as I sat on it. Then I smelt the grass. Oh yeah, then I tasted the grass. That is NOT GOOD descriptive writing, I know you can all do much better than that.
Spelling is also due on Friday. Please remember to write out each word ten times, unless you earned five extra times due to inappropriate behaviour during class.
April 11th, 2011
We have spelling lesson and test on Friday
Boy's volleyball tournament on Wednesday at Holy Cross, Mr. Dorval thinks you may just walk if the weather is cooperative.
Wear PINK on Wednesday! It is to show your support for anti - bullying. When you wear pink it means that you will not bully, and you will stop others from bullying if you can.
April 5th, 2011
Math page 185 #2, 3, 4, 5, should be done for tomorrow. You will have half of tomorrow's class time to work on questions 6, 7, 11, 12 which will be due on Thursday.
Social, you have to read an electoral story from the website linked on the social page of our wiki and write out a three sentences of summary, due tomorrow.
Remember that your commercials are due, we will be finishing them up on Thursday. Please be ready to present.
April 4th, 2011
The green math sheet that we got today in due tomorrow morning.
You are expected to go the Global National web page, found on the Social page on this wiki, read a story and write a three sentence summary about it for Wednesday.
March 31, 2011
If you want to rewrite your math quiz the rewrite is tomorrow at Lunch. You are expected to know how to do long division. Make sure you know the steps.
If you did not show the class your commercial yesterday or today you will be expected to do so tomorrow.
Please remember to hand in your weekly reflections and report card envelopes.
March 28
Match quiz: if you want to work on it more tomorrow there will be time before school and at lunch
We will review and have a quiz on FORCES IN THE WORLD in science. The Prezi is on the Science page so you can look at that and review
Commercials for Social/ELA are due, ready to be presented tomorrow!!!!!
Milk order forms are due on Thursday you will start to get your milk on April 1st. This Friday, no sooner!
March 25th, 2011
Please remember to bring your Report Card envelopes back to school so that we can reuses them for your next report cards.
Please remember to bring your milk order forms, hot dog lunch forms in on Monday.
We will be having a Math quiz on fractions on Tuesday or Wednesday If you were able to get through that purple booklet you will be well prepared for the quiz.
We will also have a quiz on Forces in science on Tuesday I have put that presentation Smartboard Prezi on the science page so that you can reread and watch the videos again.
Please remember that it is EARTH HOUR ON SATURDAY!!
One last POI (Point Of Interest) Jayden Reilly and I got to talking after school today about space and I showed them this cool website where you can look at pictures and watch videos about space. IT's really neat and there is lots to learn. The three of us spent about 20 minutes going through it and had a great time so I am going to put a link for it uop on this site right below. It's the Hubble Telescope Website. Super Cool, . Check it out! :)
Hubble Telescope
Have a great weekend. See you all on Monday!
March 24th, 2011
Remember to bring in your milk orders, and reportcard envelopes.
Math, the purple booklet is due tomorrow.
Watch a documentary for tomorrow.
March 23rd, 2011
Wow I haven't had to write something here for a long time! Well I hoped that you enjoyed your long weekend, I know I did. Please make sure that you return your reportcard envelopes so that we can reuse them, we could in turn use that as one of our green projects. Please fill out and return those milk order forms if you are wanting milk as soon as possible.
Math: please finish up that first page of the handout that we worked on in class today. All it is is finding equivalent fractions, so make your arrows and you'll do fine!
March 14, 2011
Happy Pi Day! Also a very happy 132 birthday to Albert Einstein who was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879.
Remember to bring your envelops from your report cards back to school so we can recycle them.
We have a math quiz tomorrow on equivalent fraction and ordering fractions.
No Library tomorrow as we have book fair.
Congratulations to the Girls volleyball team. Good serving!
March 11, 2011
There are going to be math questions on the Math page around 6:00 -6:15 ish please work on these over the weekend. We will go over these on Monday and have a quiz on Tuesday on Equvalent fractions and ordering fractions.
Report cards come out on Monday!
Girls Volleyball has a game on Monday after school so come and cheer them on.
You can also work on your commercials for ELA/Social over the weekend. I would like to work on them on Monday for 30 minutes, Tuesday for 30 minutes Wednesday for 30 minutes and then "preform" them on Thursday and Friday.
That's All Folks ~ Porky Pig
Mar 10th, 2011
Congratulations to the boys grade five team who won both of their games today!
We have our Spelling test and assignment tomorrow, as well as each word has to be written out 9 times each.
There is Subway lunch tomorrow so if you ordered please don't bring lunch.
Sobey's gift certificate fundraiser, please remember to try and sell as many as possible.
See you tomorrow! :)
March 9th, 2011
Ash Wednesday - it is the beginning of Lent. Today we have ashes placed on our forehead to remind us that we are not perfect and that we sin, but also to remind us of our loving God who forgives our sins and gave us Jesus to die on a cross so that we can have ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN! Jesus didn't have to die like that in pain when his friends abandoned Him and others make fun of and tortured Him, but He did because Jesus has that much faith in God's plan and in us! That is how much Jesus loves us, and we were not even born yet.
We received a card with a little prayer/reflection on it. I hope that you all remember to use it each day to think about what Lent is all about. I'll be praying for you all!
Remember to do your Sobey's fundraiser and sell those gift cards.
We are having our Subway lunch on Friday so parents if you want your child to have a snack please pack one.
Report Cards are to be handed out next Monday!
March 7th, 2011
The only think is that we have Library tomorrow so remember to bring in your reading logs, and awe have a spelling lesson and test on Friday.
March 6th, 2011
I thought of this as I was marking your Writing Assessments about the Environment. Hope it gives you something to think about.
March 4th, 2011
Math pages 168 # 1-4, 6-10 due on Monday
Science Glog due Monday, You are not going to be given any more class time to work on this. If you can't log on please call me and I will fix it.
Have a great weekend, enjoy the nicer weather.
Mar 3rd, 2011
Please get your parent teacher interview forms filled out and handed back to the office as soon as possible!
Spelling is due on Friday
Please get your subway forms filled out and handed.
Mar 2nd, 2011
Please get your parent teacher interview forms filled out and handed back to the office as soon as possible!
Spelling is due on Friday
Please get your subway forms filled out and handed.
Make sure that your username and pass word works for glogster. Email me if it doesn't and I'll try and fix it before class tomorrow. Thanks:)
Mar 1st, 2011
There is a spelling lesson and test on Friday due. Please see the spelling page for the assignment.
The Saskatchewan fish Prezi is on the art page for those of you who took it home to work on.
Here is the link to glogster
If you check out the science page it has the assignment posted that we started today on glogster.
Also, here is a video that I was going to show you in class but I couldn't find it. Here it is: Cicada the 17 year old bug
Feb 28th, 2011
Hope that the afternoon went well. Just a reminder that we are having a math quiz tomorrow. The questions will be exactly the same as last Thursday just different numbers. If you have questions please call me or email. I'll check my email every hour on the hour.
See you tomorrow! :)
Feb 21st, 2011
I have put up the extra math problems if you would like to work on them, the answers will be up tomorrow so you can check your work. If you do a question, and once you have checked your answer, are unsure of how I got mine please email or text me your concerns.
Thanks! Enjoy your break :)
Feb 18th, 2011
Enjoy your break! Remember that if you want to practice your math I can give you extra practice problems and the answers will be posted later on, by Tuesday. I'll put them on the Math page so please make sure to check that. Other than that have a great week off! Email if you need anything. I won't be answering phone calls but you can text me.
Feb 16th, 2011
Math Quiz tomorrow
Café servers need to wear black and white for our final day of the Café. Thank you to all of you who came to our Café and helped support our grade five and six classes. A giant round of applause to Mme. McDougal for all the work she did for Café. It was a huge success!
Scholastic Book order due tomorrow. Please Remember Cheques only.
Feb 15th, 2011
We are going to work on Math again tomorrow on the review for the first fifteen minutes of class, so if you have any questions that we need to work on together we have the opportunity There will be a homework check done on the questions after lunch. At that time we will then go over all the answers so that everyone can be ready for the six question quiz on Thursday.
Those students who are working at Café please remember t to wear black and white. We want to look our best for our guests.
Scholastic orders are due, CHEQUES only please, on Thursday.
Writing Assessments are going well. I am quite happy with the work you have been putting in. Some of you are done your rough drafts and have started the revision process. For those of you still working on your rough copy do not worry we have tomorrow to still work on the rough draft, Thursday to edit and Friday to carefully write out our good copies. If you think that you will need more time than the hour a day given to you, that is fine, you just have to make sure to make arrangements with me to come early or stay in at recess or lunch to finish up.
One last thing: we have a new addition to our class starting tomorrow!!! Make sure to give a kind and warm welcome to her and to tell her about the TG5.
See you tomorrow! :)
Feb 14th, 2011
Happy Valentines Day!!!
Thanks to everyone who brought goodies to share in class. They were graciously received.
We are going to work on Math again tomorrow on the review. Wednesday we will go over all the answers, then on Thursday we will do a quick six questions as a quiz on multiplication and division. You will have to multiply using an array and divide by creating a rectangle and using long division for at least one question, maybe more.
Cafe starts tomorrow and goes through until Thursday. Please remember that if you are serving to wear black and white. (We want to look nice for our guests.)
Scholastic orders are due, CHEQUES only please, on Thursday. (One day of grace.)
Feb 11, 2011
We will be going over the math assignment on Monday and then starting the review on Tuesday for a 6 question review of division. You will be expected to do at least two questions with LONG DIVISION so practice that and make sure you ask for help if you need it. You will also have to be able to create a rectangle and solve for the base ans width, as a method to find the multiples of a number.
Other than that, enjoy your weekend! :)
Feb 10th, 2011
Math homework see the math page!
Feb 9th, 2011
There is math homework for tomorrow please check out the math page or an example and the questions.
Next week we will be working on a writing assignment which is quite important so please make sure that you are in class if possible. If you do miss we will have some time to work on it. Every student is required to do this so it is very important that you are here and that you complete it on time. Thanks for your understanding.
Jan 31st, 2011
Today we have math homework, check out the math page.
Library is tomorrow so remember to bring in your reading race log books.
We also are preforming our airbands on Wednesday and Friday.
Skiing is Thursday!
URE competition is pose-phoned until we can have all competitors present, so its fair.
Jan 30th
I was listening to some internet radio and this song came on. I have to share it with you as it is great! Here are the lyrics and the video is below them:
Hey Steve!
Hey Ed, that sounds nice, what is it?
Thank you, it’s an alphabet song I’m working on
Oh great, a whole new alphabet,
I just learned the old one.
A is for aisle
B is for bdelliums
C is for czar
And if you see him, would you mind telling him-
Okay, hang on a second, yeah aisle?
Yeah, aisle like a, like a theatre.
Alright, okay, and bdelliums?
Bdelliums, it’s a gum like tree resin, it starts with a silent B
And then czar?
Yeah, it’s uh- like a Russian czar.
You know, everyone knows apple ball and cat,
I wanted to get into some you know,
some stranger words.
Right, I see what you’re doing.
D is for djinn
E for Euphrates
F is for fohn, but not like when I call the ladies
I thought phone started with a “p”...like a “ph”
No its f-o-h-n, it’s a kind of wind
Yeah, I know what you mean by wind
G for Gnarly,
I for irk
H is for hour
J for jalapeños
Good in either corn or flour (tortillas…)
Nice rhyme
K is for knick-knack
L is for llama
Pramma, llama, ding - what’s so strange about llama?
Llama, its starts with two L’s
What’s the second one for?
No idea.
I know, loser.
N for neumonic
M is for mdomo
O is for ouija board
P for pneumonia pterodactyl and psychosis
Q is for qat
Okay, Q - qat? What?
Yeah it’s uh...q-a-t,
It’s an evergreen shrub
It’s a perfect scrabble word because it’s a q with no u,
There’s not many of those
You have too much time on your hands.
R is for R-gyle
No, it isn’t
Okay, you’re right; I couldn’t find a good “r” word
S is for Saar, a lovely German river
T for tsunami, a wave that makes me quiver
U is for urn, but not like earning money
V for vraisemblance from French,
And therefore kind of funny
W for wren, wrinkly, and who.
X is for Xian, an ancient Chinese city, true!
Ancient Chinese city, huh?
My guitar player, some hotshot.
Y is for yperite, a very nasty gas.
And zed’s the final letter
And by final, I mean last.
Okay, when you say zed,
For the benefit of our American friends
You really mean Z, right?
No I mean Zed, like, like Zed Zed Top.
Zed Zed Top?
Yeah, you know the guys with the big long beards
Well, except the guy whose name is Beard,
he has a mustache
I always thought that was interesting
You done with the alphabet?
No extra letters I haven’t heard of?
I think so.
Well this was a great help, I think, you know,
the contribution you made to world literacy
Well, I’m just saying, kids
I’m just saying
Think outside the box a little bit
Box with an “r”
Yeah, well, no, box with a b-a-l-k-s, like a pitcher.
Ahh, as opposed to b-a-c-h-s,
Right, think outside the “balks”
Crazy ABCs. Barenaked Ladies. Only at Yahoo! Kids. en Yahoo! Video
Jan 27th, 2011
We preform our Airbands on Wednesday and Friday. So make sure you know your parts and please start bringing your costume stuff on Monday.
Thursday we go skiing!!!!!!!!!
Jan 26th, 2011
Today in math we found factors of numbers by creating rectangles. The homework is on the math page.
We have our spelling lesson and test on Friday, please see the spelling page.
Religion rough copy is due on Friday so if you didn't use the two hours of class time wisely then you have some homework.
Jan 24th, 2011
Today for homework we just have the Spelling lesson which can be found on the Spelling page.
Make Sure to bring in your KFC order forms TOMORROW MORNING!!!!!
We have Library tomorrow as well, so bring in your reading race pink booklets.
Jan 21st, 2011
Today in math we expanded on the Break it Down multiplication method. There were four questions that you had to do they are on the Math page, as well as an example and the steps. Remember that the steps need to written down on your practice problems page. If you were one of the people that was having some difficulty my suggestion is that you write out the steps for every question and then you check them off as you complete each step.
You also have to have your parents' help you to revise and edit your Fireworks story. The focus is to be on creating a strong voice, which means that you can transport the reader to the place and time that you are talking about. One of the best ways to do this is to make an emotional connection to your readers. If you can do that you'll have them right where you want them, and they'll be hooked on your story!
Congratulations to Carrington who won by a landslide the Long A competition.
Congratulations to Tyler who won the noun competition with the word sole.
Congratulations to Rebeca who won the verb competition with the word strut.
Congratulations to Carrington who won the adjective competition with the word affordable.
Next week we will have a new Theme and be able to declare new weekly winners!
Have a great weekend :)
Jan 20th, 2011
There is no homework for today other than the spelling test is tomorrow.
We will also be announcing the winner of the Long A and “Shoe” competition.
Remember if you didn’t pick out a book that has a strong voice in it that you are going to hand in please do that for tomorrow.
I’m taking them in for the marks.
SKIING FORMS ARE DUE TOMORROW!!!!!!!!
Jan 18th, 2011
Today we learned a new method for the multiplication of two digit numbers. Please see the Math page on the website for the practice problems and an example of what to do.
We also have the Creative Writing handout for homework. Lesson 11
Social homework if you didn’t get your Inuit games hand out done the website is on the Social page, or if you didn't get your map coloured there is a link to the map that I had up on the whiteboard in the computer lab. It's a word document if you click on it, it will download onto your computer and you can open it and finish colouring your map.
Jan 18th, 2011
Today for homework:
Jan 17th, 2011
I will be at school early on Tuesday if anyone wants to come for help or
clean their desks! Hint hint.
Here is the homework for today:
- We are going to have a weekly competition for the best noun, verb, adjective and adverb that describes a particular theme for the week. This week our “Theme” is shoes if you wonder why your child should be able to tell you the reason if they were paying attention in class. You ARE able to help them with this please show them how to use a thesaurus or you can help them understand the connotation of a word or phrase. Thanks for your help in advance.
Jan 13th, 2011
Dear grade fives I have decided to organize this website a bit so what I have done is made separate pages for each subject area. You will find the other pages on the left hand side of the screen.
Where it says:
Home
Math
Science
Social
Spelling
I will tell you and we will put it in your agendas what pages you will need to check. General cool and neat videos that I show in class will be here on the main page or just any general announcements. Spelling has it's own page and I will be posting all the words and the assignment each week on the spelling page, just so you know. I hope that this helps. I will also start posting homework assignments on the main page, especially major assignments so that you and your parents will have the information.
Thank you for such a great week. I really feel blessed to be back at school!
Jan 5th, 2011
Check out this website if you love to make comics:
Make Your Own Comic!
Dec 24th, 2010
Happy Holidays and a very Merry Christmas to all of you!! I hope that your Christmas vacation will be thoroughly enjoyed by you and your families. I just wanted to wish you all a happy and joy filled Christmas celebration and to tell you that I am so excited to see you all in the new year.
Enjoy this little video!
PS: this is my favorite Christmas song.
Dec 16th, 2010
Brandi will not be coming this following week, for those of you that are taking advantage of her help. She will be back in the new year. I'll make sure that you all know when she is coming for sure.
Some of you have asked me to put this on this web page so that you can show your parents. It's not exactly the same as the one that we heard in class but it's the same group and most of the songs are the same.
http://www.sncmusic.com/?intcmp=sncsitelink_adventcal
Enjoy!
Dec 11, 2010
I also have posted that video I showed in class about spending money at Christmas and helping those who do not have clean drinking water. It is below, please show your parents.
November 4th, 2010
No one showed up for Brandi today she came and had no students to help with in math.... What a shame. She will be coming every Tuesday after school around 3:45 to help for an hour or so anyone who wants help in any subject that you want. Please take this opportunity.
November 4th, 2010
Brandi is a grade 12 student at St. Mary. She is looking to do some practicum for her Christian Ethics class and is coming to help tutor you all after school once e a week on Tuesdays right after school. So if you want to come please tell your parents so that they can arrange for a ride home.
November 1st, 2010
I trust that you all had a wonderful Halloween and did no tricks but just treating!
Just a reminder that you are not supposed to bring candy or chips as a snack for school. Snacks MUST BE HEALTHY!!!!! You can however bring little chocolate bars or rocket a bag of chips for your dessert for lunch though.
You must check out this video if you missed it in class, it is SO COOL and AMAZING!!! Show your parents.
Remember to bring a photo of someone that has died that was close to you to class for the month of November
Now for the serious stuff
Math help Tuesday and Wednesday morning, this week, at 8:30, for anyone who wants to come or if you got 1 or 2 on your purple math handout sheet!
Religion assignment:
You have chosen a saint from the list already so now all you need to do is use your time wisely when we have the computers and do some researchon your saint.
Google, Wikipedia, New Advent, Catholic Online are good places to start, or end up on, though New Advent is quite hard to read. So look up your saintand find out the following things:
1. When and Where they lived
2. What they did in their life (what job they had, if their family was important who were they, what did they do to become a saint, and an interesting fact about them, just enough information so we know who they are)
3. Why they became the patron saint of whatever they are the patron saint of
The material will be presented in the form of an information pamphlet, poster, or an infomercial trying to sell a vacation to where your saint lived and did
his/her work, or some other creative form, which must be pre-approved by Ms. Toupin.
You will have to explain your pamphlet or poster to the class and after your brief presentation answer questions from the class.
How you will be marked:
Did you cover the required material?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Was your presentation interesting and creative?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Was the written material clean and neat, with no spelling or grammatical errors?
0 1 2 3 4 5
Could you answer questions from the students, within reason?
0 1 2
Did you use your class time effectively and efficiently?
0 1 2 3 4
October 26th, 2010
I have received some emails that the links to the test answers aren't up and I am trying my best to remedy the problem but so far I have not been able to do so. If you have any questions about the marking or how I got any of the answers just ask me. Or you can come in at 8:15 am on a Tuesday or Thursday morning, recess or lunch!
This is from Arts Ed Class. Show your parents I am sure they'll enjoy it too!
October 20th, 2010
Dear Grade Fives I have changed this website's name to:
www. toupin5. wikispaces. com
please change this in your internet bookmarks or favorites. Thanks so much. Looking forward to your worm stories.